China’s stimulus falls short

Hong Kong’s markets are “booming”, says Bloomberg. The city was the world’s busiest market for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first half of the year, with $45bn raised, compared with just $6.3

These are interesting times for Chinese stocks

Speculation has reached fever pitch about the contents of the government’s forthcoming Autumn Budget. This follows the assessment of the highly respected NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Soci

Sovereign bond yields are ringing some alarm bells about the UK’s economic and fiscal outlook

“Politicians always seem to assume that the British public isn’t willing to pay more tax in return for better public services,” says Vince Cable. “I’m not entirely sure that’s true.” The former Lib De

A month ago, analysts were predicting that S&P 500 earnings growth for the second quarter would come in at a sluggish 5% year-on-year, says Sam Goldfarb in The Wall Street Journal. The spring period w